Hmm, but Ashley Young isn't good enough for the first team either Eggs but he got selected. Give the kid a chance, I say, because the right back berth isn't one we currently have a wealth of choice for.
Because the fans kneejerking for a young player they have barely seen play, and have not seen in a competive professional game, are the same fans that will turn on the young lad if he has stinker.
Just getting experience does not mean he will be a better player for it.
Houghty19
Player Valuation: £20m
Without a doubt he'll pick him despite him being deemed not good enough for the last two seasons by lower league teams we've loaned him to. His decision to bring him on at the end of the match was absolutely mystifying.
Dharma
Player Valuation: £15m
Another red card in the offing.
Exactly, it's crazy talk. 20 years of age almost and the only right back available. Other clubs give debuts to players at 16 and 17 in the prem, especially if needs must. If they did put Holgate playing out of position there over him that would cause him more "harm" than playing.
Exactly, it's crazy talk. 20 years of age almost and the only right back available. Other clubs give debuts to players at 16 and 17 in the prem, especially if needs must. If they did put Holgate playing out of position there over him that would cause him more "harm" than playing.
We don't know that. I think Dixon would have struggled against Mitoma and he certainly would have been targeted by Brighton as Young was.
We need to look at the longer term for Dixon and what is best for his career development.
I think he may well go out on loan.
Rehnman
Player Valuation: £100k
Hopefully he might reach the top level one day, but he looks miles away at the moment to me. The best thing for him this season would be a loan to League 1 or 2 and, if there had been any takers, I’m sure that would’ve happened already. There are lots of things to criticise Dyche for, but personally I don’t see this as one of them at all.
It’s not a knee jerk though is it, we haven’t resolved the RB problem for nearly 3 years. If Patterson was fit we’d be saying play him because we know Dyche would still play anyone else over him. We’re bringing Dixon into the equation because he’s the only solution to the garbage scenario we find ourselves in.
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Fonzy
Player Valuation: £100k
I mean Dyche wouldn’t play the World Class Braithwaite till he was forced to! This dixon could be cafu/maldini rolled into one he’d still opt to start young
Dixon is clearly not even in the top 5 of our options and fans have seen him in a very limited capacity so the calls for him to be given a go are kneejerk.
If he's viewed to be a worse option than Coleman, Young, Patterson, Garner, Holgate for the rb slot then i would be concerned about his ability to play at this level.
….i think the point made by @JLW is a valid one, this is more about who we don’t want than do want.
For those of us who tune into the Youth team thread, including many devoted watchers, Dixon has not been centrally discussed as somebody good enough or ready for progression. I actually thought he might be tried pre-season and could just impress but it seems he hasn’t done enough.
Like it or not, Young was part of a very effective defensive unit last season, Dixon was on very few people’s minds until pre-season.
The real answer is bringing somebody in, but if that doesn’t happen I fear we make do with what we have.
Hes fit? But is he dyche fit? Does he do the hard yards? Is he ready to back on grass?
*rubs bald head*
*rubs bald head*
Don't give youth a chance, opt for experience of a player who was told 2 years ago to find a new club